Sainte-Marie-de-Re travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Marie-de-Re: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Marie-de-Re is situated in the Charente-Maritime department (Poitou-Charentes region) in the west of France at 13 km from La Rochelle, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Marie-de-Re is 408 km from Paris and 582 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in La Flotte-en-Re at 4 km from Sainte-Marie-de-Re
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Marie-de-Re: these include La Flotte-en-Re at 4 km and Saint-Martin-de-Re at 7 km.
La Flotte-en-Re is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and Jardins du phare de Chassiron is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sainte-Marie-de-Re, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Marie-de-Re
See France This Way travel guides for Charente-Maritime and Poitou-Charentes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Marie-de-Re.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Marie-de-Re shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Marie-de-Re holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Marie-de-Re (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Poitou-Charentes and Charente-Maritime gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sainte-Marie-de-Re and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du phare de Chassiron (14km) : Jardins de la Boirie (23km) : Jardins de Chaligny (48km) :
- National Monuments: Georges Clemenceau house (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Flotte-en-Re (4km) : Ars-en-Re (16km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Maille) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Marans (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rochefort (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Brouage Fortifications (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Marie-de-Re & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Marie-de-Ré
Canton: Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Arrondissement: Rochelle
Department: Charente-Maritime
Region: Poitou-Charentes
Postcode: 17740
Distance to Sainte-Marie-de-Re
from La Rochelle: 13 km
from Paris: 408 km
from Calais: 582 km
from Nice: 729 km
from Bordeaux: 157 km
from Strasbourg: 734 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Marie-de-Re): La Flotte-en-Re, Le Bois-Plage-en-Re, Rivedoux-Plage and Saint-Martin-de-Re.
Getting here
Charente-Maritime is in the west of France. Most visitors will arrive by car typically from a channel ferry ports such as Saint Malo, Caen or Cherbourg, a drive af about 4-5 hours. For driving distances to Sainte-Marie-de-Re from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Marie-de-Re